Soccer Super Thread

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For the Poms out there:

𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗’𝗩𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗔𝗖𝗞
Imagine facing this front three:

Erling Haaland — born in Leeds, West Yorkshire
Michael Olise — born in White City, Greater London
Antoine Semenyo — born in Chelsea, London

All three were born in England, but chose to represent different nations
Now all three are 𝗢𝗡 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗘 at this World Cup and winning Player of the Match awards
They really might have brought it home…

 

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Huge 2-1 win for Croatia over Ghana as they qualify to World Cup Round of 32!
Oldest assistman ever in World Cup: Luka Modrić.

 

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Prior to the Croatia/Ghana match, Scotland had been hanging on the barest of hopes of maybe a progression to the next stage.

Those chances of getting through to the next round of the World Cup were then 0.07%.
Ghana need to beat Croatia by 3 or more goals or that’s finally it.
And now the result is in and Croatia won - the Scots hopes dashed.

Not even James Bond could escape this World Cup trap door.

 

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Scotland's World Cup journey comes to an end in the group stages ......
And their Manager, Steve Clarke has stepped down following Scotland’s exit from the World Cup.

(Clarke is the most-capped Scotland Men’s National Team Head Coach., the first Head Coach to lead Scotland to three major tournaments and led the Tartan Army return to the World Cup after 28 years.)

 

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England beat Panama 2 nil and fly to Round of 32!
Harry Kane makes history as England best scorer ever at World Cup, 11 goals.
Plus Goal + assist for Jude Bellingham.

 

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Harry Kane makes history, becoming England’s all-time leading goalscorer at the World Cup
with 11 goals.

 

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�𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐎 𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐃𝐎 𝐇𝐀𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐈𝐗 𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐂𝐔𝐏𝐒 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐎 𝐒𝐎
From 2006 to 2026.
𝑯𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑹𝒀 𝑯𝑨𝑺 𝑩𝑬𝑬𝑵 𝑴𝑨𝑫𝑬.

2006 World Cup
2010 World Cup
2014 World Cup
2018 World Cup
2022 World Cup
2026 World Cup

Six World Cups.
Six tournaments with a goal.
An achievement 𝗡𝗢𝗕𝗢𝗗𝗬 𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗘 in football history has ever reached on the world’s biggest stage.
His first World Cup goal came when he was 21.
Now, 20 years later at the age of 41 (!), he is still doing it.
The longevity is 𝙄𝙉𝙎𝘼𝙉𝙀.
𝗛𝗘 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗞𝗘𝗘𝗣𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬


Never Doubt!
Siiiiiuuuu !!!

 

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BUT then there's Lionel Messi ⭐
Here's some data to drool over .....

Most Ballon d’Ors - 8
Most major trophies - 46
Most goal contributions - Over 1,320
Most World Cup goals - 17
Most La Liga goals - 474
Most La Liga assists - 192
Most goals in a calendar year - 91
Most goals for a single club - 672 (Barcelona)
Most goals for Argentina - 121
Most European Golden Shoe awards - 6